Alex Thomson and Mike Golding contemplate Maitre Coq, while Gamesa's skipper tells us of his boat and its interceptor

Mike Golding and Alex Thomson continue their insightful tour of the IMOCA 60 fleet

Vendee Globe race favourite Armel le Cleac'h tells us of his campaign

Mike Golding and Alex Thomson share their thoughts on the IMOCA fleet

Some superb films from Thierry Garnier

2012-13 Vendee Globe presented in Paris

Javier Sanso hampered by autopilot problems on the Europa Warm-Up

Narrow victory for PRB on leg two of the Europa Warm'Up

Last night at sea for Europa Warm Up IMOCA 60 solo skippers

As the Europa Warm Up IMOCA 60 hit death defying speeds en route to the Fastnet Rock

Vincent Riou does the best job of rounding the Azores in the Europa Warm UP

Banque Populaire now leads the Europa Warm-Up as the solo IMOCA 60s approach the Azores turning mark

Virbac Paprec 3 leads the charge once again

As start is delayed by a few hours following the late arrival of the leg one tailenders

Virbac Paprec 3 edges ahead as seven minutes separate leaders into Cascais

Sneaky PRB takes the lead in the IMOCA 60's Europa Warm Up

Virbac Paprec holds a slender lead from PRB in the Europa Warm Up

IMOCA 60 fleet in for a pasting as they round the coast of Spain

Europa Warm'Up for the IMOCA 60s sets sail from Barcelona

Europa Warm Up has its own warm up off Barcelona

Well deserve Transat AG2R La Mondiale win for Gildas Morvan and Charlie Dalin

500 miles to go for race leader

Less than 1000 miles to go now for the race leaders

The big turn towards St Barts took place yesterday afternoon

Today could be decisive for the Figaro doublehanders

Cercle Verte continues her split north, as Artemis moves back from the south

Artemis fastest boat in the fleet at the latest sched

Trade winds fill in as leaders predict a big detour south to avoid the high